{"id":75172,"date":"2025-05-13T09:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T07:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?page_id=75172"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:30:44","slug":"moritz-heck","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/moritz-heck\/","title":{"rendered":"Moritz Heck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Moritz Heck<\/strong><\/h1>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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Moritz Heck<\/strong>, born in 2002 in North Rhine-Westphalia, lives and works in Hannover. After a voluntary service placement in Hamburg, he began a degree in media and communication studies, which eventually led him to photography and photojournalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subjects:<\/strong> His work deals with social movements, especially the German climate justice movement, and with the different realities of life and work in our society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact:<\/strong>
Email: info@moritzheck.de
Website: www.moritzheck.de<\/a>
Instagram: @heck.moritz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Stories by Moritz<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\r\n
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Hannover’s hidden source of raw materials: recycling at the Nordhafen.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

Uncertain trade routes, wars and new regulations are putting the recycling industry to the test. At the TSR site in Hannover’s Nordhafen, a whole sector can be seen changing.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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\r\n Heimwegtelefon: how the walk-home phone line works <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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A voice in your ear that stays with you until the door clicks shut behind you \u2013 how volunteers help people get home safely.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n \u2018My degree gave me a toolbox that now lets me develop freely as a photographer.\u2019 <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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HsH graduate China Hopson in an interview<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Pankower Tor: the toads missing from the building plan <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Berlin wants to build 2,000 homes here \u2013 but strictly protected amphibians are holding up the major project. A case study.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Pet play: welcome to the Wuffel zone <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Wearing dog masks to their regulars\u2019 night, on a lead to a party \u2013 why some people enjoy slipping into animal roles.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Since 2017, graduate Daniel Chatard has been documenting the conflict in North Rhine-Westphalia.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Fleeing the GDR in a car boot: \u2018Inside, I was still on the run\u2019 <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Veronika Schneider fled the GDR as a young woman \u2013 and only realised decades later how long the fear had kept its grip on her.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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